awards and honors
Regarding the Fountain
State Award Nominations
California Young Reader's Medal 2001-2002
Connecticut Nutmeg Award 2001-2001
Florida Sunshine State Reader Award 2001-2002
Georgia Children's Literature Book Award 2001-2002
Illinois Rebecca Caudill Award 2001-2002
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Honor) 1999-2000
Nebraska Golden Sower Award 2001-2002
New Jersey Battle of the Books 2001-2002
New Hampshire Cochecho Readers Award Winner 2000-2001
Maine Student Book Award 1999-2000
Tennessee Volunteer State Children's Book Award 2000-2001
Rhode Island Book Award 2000
Washington Sasquatch Reading Award 2001-2002
West Virginia Children's Book Award 2000-2001
Not Just for Kids Anymore, Children's Book Council 1999
Young Adults' Choice Award 1999
Discover Read 2000, New York Public Library
OWL Books, New York Public Library
One Book New Jersey 2003
Read Across Rhode Island 2010
Letters from Camp
Young Adults' Choice Award 2000
100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, New York Public Library 2000
Nevada Young Readers' Award 2002-2003
Iowa Children's Choice Nomination 2003-2004
Trial by Journal
1st Place Juvenile Fiction Award, Friends of American Writers 2002
Utah Children's Book Award 2002-2003
New Jersey Battle of the Books 2002-2003
Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Book Award List 2002-2003
Connecticut Nutmeg Award 2005-2006
ALA Best Book Pick for Young Adults 2003
Regarding the Sink
New Hampshire Cochecho Readers' Award 2005-2006
Northwest Center for Children's Literature Best Book of 2004
Children's Literature Choice 2005
Regarding the Trees
Bank Street Best Children's Book of 2006
The Amelia Bloomer Award Selection 2007
Deliver Us from Normal
The Quill Award, Missouri Writers Hall of Fame 2006
Young Adult Reading Program, South Dakota Teen Reads Committee
One Book One Community pick (Ruidoso, New Mexico) 2007
Reading Circle Committee Selection, Missouri State Teachers Association
Regarding the Bathrooms
Disney Adventures 8th Annual Book Award Nomination 2007
Instructor Magazine Best Back-to-School Book 2006
Shall I Knit You a Hat?
Bank Street Best Children's Book of 2005
Junior Library Guild selection
NPR's Children's Books for the Holidays 2008
Why Do You Cry?
Original Voices Nominee, Borders Bookstore
Wilde Picture Book Award 2006, Best Read-alouds for Preschoolers
Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended List 2007
IRA Teachers' Choices List 2007
Bank Street Best Children's Books of 2007
Imagine Harry
2x2 Texas Reading List 2008
Dying to Meet You (43 Old Cemetery Road, Book One)
Connecticut Nutmeg Award nominee 2011-2012
Maine Student Book Award nominee 2010-2011
New Hampshire Great Stone Face 2010-2011
Nevada Young Readers' Award nominee 2010-2011
Rhode Island Children's Book Award nominee 2010-2011
Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee 2012
Georgia Children's Book Award Nominee 2011-2012
Illinois Bluestem Award Nominee 2012
Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee 2011-2012
Singapore Red Dot Book Award 2009-2010
The Society of School Librarians International Book Award 2009
Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee 2010-2011
West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award 2010-2011
Horned Toad Tale Nominee 2010-2011
Next Indie List 2009
Junior Library Guild selection 2009
Best of the Best Books, Chicago Public Library 2009
Oregon Battle of the Books 2011-2012
Florida Sunshine State Reading List 2011-2012
Alaska Battle of the Books 2011-2012
Washington Library Media Association Sasquatch nominee 2012
Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award nominee 2011-2012
Minnesota Youth Reading Awards (Maud Hart Lovelace) nominee 2012-2013
Little Rabbit and the Meanest Mother on Earth
Original Art Winner, Society of Illustrators 2010
Over My Dead Body (43 Old Cemetery Road, Book Two)
Junior Library Guild selection 2010
Till Death Do Us Bark (43 Old Cemetery Road, Book Three)
Junior Library Guild selection 2011
Stand Straight, Ella Kate
Junior Library Guild selection
CBC (Cooperative Children's Book Center )Best Books of the Year List 2011
IRA Teachers' Choice List 2011
Great Book for Kids, Cuyahoga County Public Library, 2010
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books, 2010-2011
Bank Street Best Books of the Year 2011
Vermont Red Clover Book Award Master List 2011-2012
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Horned Toad Tales list 2011-2012
Comstock Read-Aloud Book Award 2011
Missouri Show Me Award Final Nominee 2012-2013
South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee 2012-2013
Alabama Camellia Award Nominee 2012-2013
Arkansas Diamond Primary Award Reading List 2012-2013
Grounded
Kids' Indie Next List, Winter 2010-2011
Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Book 2010
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award Nominee 2011-2012
Judy Lopez Memorial Award 2011, Women's National Book Association, Los Angeles
Hawaii Nene Award Nominee 2013
Homesick
Junior Library Guild selection
Kids' Indie Next List, Autumn 2012
State Award Nominations
California Young Reader's Medal 2001-2002
Connecticut Nutmeg Award 2001-2001
Florida Sunshine State Reader Award 2001-2002
Georgia Children's Literature Book Award 2001-2002
Illinois Rebecca Caudill Award 2001-2002
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Honor) 1999-2000
Nebraska Golden Sower Award 2001-2002
New Jersey Battle of the Books 2001-2002
New Hampshire Cochecho Readers Award Winner 2000-2001
Maine Student Book Award 1999-2000
Tennessee Volunteer State Children's Book Award 2000-2001
Rhode Island Book Award 2000
Washington Sasquatch Reading Award 2001-2002
West Virginia Children's Book Award 2000-2001
Not Just for Kids Anymore, Children's Book Council 1999
Young Adults' Choice Award 1999
Discover Read 2000, New York Public Library
OWL Books, New York Public Library
One Book New Jersey 2003
Read Across Rhode Island 2010
Letters from Camp
Young Adults' Choice Award 2000
100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, New York Public Library 2000
Nevada Young Readers' Award 2002-2003
Iowa Children's Choice Nomination 2003-2004
Trial by Journal
1st Place Juvenile Fiction Award, Friends of American Writers 2002
Utah Children's Book Award 2002-2003
New Jersey Battle of the Books 2002-2003
Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Book Award List 2002-2003
Connecticut Nutmeg Award 2005-2006
ALA Best Book Pick for Young Adults 2003
Regarding the Sink
New Hampshire Cochecho Readers' Award 2005-2006
Northwest Center for Children's Literature Best Book of 2004
Children's Literature Choice 2005
Regarding the Trees
Bank Street Best Children's Book of 2006
The Amelia Bloomer Award Selection 2007
Deliver Us from Normal
The Quill Award, Missouri Writers Hall of Fame 2006
Young Adult Reading Program, South Dakota Teen Reads Committee
One Book One Community pick (Ruidoso, New Mexico) 2007
Reading Circle Committee Selection, Missouri State Teachers Association
Regarding the Bathrooms
Disney Adventures 8th Annual Book Award Nomination 2007
Instructor Magazine Best Back-to-School Book 2006
Shall I Knit You a Hat?
Bank Street Best Children's Book of 2005
Junior Library Guild selection
NPR's Children's Books for the Holidays 2008
Why Do You Cry?
Original Voices Nominee, Borders Bookstore
Wilde Picture Book Award 2006, Best Read-alouds for Preschoolers
Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended List 2007
IRA Teachers' Choices List 2007
Bank Street Best Children's Books of 2007
Imagine Harry
2x2 Texas Reading List 2008
Dying to Meet You (43 Old Cemetery Road, Book One)
Connecticut Nutmeg Award nominee 2011-2012
Maine Student Book Award nominee 2010-2011
New Hampshire Great Stone Face 2010-2011
Nevada Young Readers' Award nominee 2010-2011
Rhode Island Children's Book Award nominee 2010-2011
Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee 2012
Georgia Children's Book Award Nominee 2011-2012
Illinois Bluestem Award Nominee 2012
Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee 2011-2012
Singapore Red Dot Book Award 2009-2010
The Society of School Librarians International Book Award 2009
Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee 2010-2011
West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award 2010-2011
Horned Toad Tale Nominee 2010-2011
Next Indie List 2009
Junior Library Guild selection 2009
Best of the Best Books, Chicago Public Library 2009
Oregon Battle of the Books 2011-2012
Florida Sunshine State Reading List 2011-2012
Alaska Battle of the Books 2011-2012
Washington Library Media Association Sasquatch nominee 2012
Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award nominee 2011-2012
Minnesota Youth Reading Awards (Maud Hart Lovelace) nominee 2012-2013
Little Rabbit and the Meanest Mother on Earth
Original Art Winner, Society of Illustrators 2010
Over My Dead Body (43 Old Cemetery Road, Book Two)
Junior Library Guild selection 2010
Till Death Do Us Bark (43 Old Cemetery Road, Book Three)
Junior Library Guild selection 2011
Stand Straight, Ella Kate
Junior Library Guild selection
CBC (Cooperative Children's Book Center )Best Books of the Year List 2011
IRA Teachers' Choice List 2011
Great Book for Kids, Cuyahoga County Public Library, 2010
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books, 2010-2011
Bank Street Best Books of the Year 2011
Vermont Red Clover Book Award Master List 2011-2012
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Horned Toad Tales list 2011-2012
Comstock Read-Aloud Book Award 2011
Missouri Show Me Award Final Nominee 2012-2013
South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee 2012-2013
Alabama Camellia Award Nominee 2012-2013
Arkansas Diamond Primary Award Reading List 2012-2013
Grounded
Kids' Indie Next List, Winter 2010-2011
Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Book 2010
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award Nominee 2011-2012
Judy Lopez Memorial Award 2011, Women's National Book Association, Los Angeles
Hawaii Nene Award Nominee 2013
Homesick
Junior Library Guild selection
Kids' Indie Next List, Autumn 2012
